2019 Spring Newsletter
Featured Speaker: Brandy Shillace, author of Death’s Summer Coat Sunday, September 24 2:00 pm Location to be announced. be sure to visit our website and look for the august newsletter […]
At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat, drink, and discuss death. At these gatherings, now happening around the world, people meet to share refreshments and discuss death […]
What If I Die Out Of Town Your survivors/travel companions should look online or in a telephone book for the nearest Memorial Society. A list of all societies is at […]
Or natural burial is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker […]
Does your family know what you’ve done? While you have made an informed decision to take care of your end-of-life plans by becoming a CMS member, it’s imperative you share […]
Seattle based company Artful Ashes (www.artfulashes.com) is helping loved ones during the grieving process by creating unique ashes glass art memorials for those who have passed away. Through the use […]
I’ve developed a keen interest in the way our country regards human life as we approach the end of it. This is one of the reasons I’m so interested in […]
We are pleased to welcome our new board members; John Barber, Mary Dietzen, Chip Joseph, Jill Koch-Johnston, Roland Moore, and Kate Smith. We look forward to some exciting new ideas […]
When I tell people that I am an end-of-life doula, their first question is: what is that? The second question is why? The “what” is simple to answer: it is […]
The meeting was called to order by President Bill McCullam at 2:05 p.m. at the West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River. Printed copies of the minutes were made available […]
FCA Will Hold Its Biennial National Conference in Atlanta June 24-25, 2016 Every two years the Funeral Consumers Alliance hosts a conference for all affiliates. This year Atlanta has been chosen, […]
The Society has formed a relationship with the City Club of Cleveland, the nation’s oldest forum of free speech. We will be sponsoring a table at a series of four […]
Our annual meeting will be on Sunday, November 13 at 2:00pm, at the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights. We are delighted to announce that the […]
We’ve been reading new books, three of which may be of interest to our members. Dr. Atul Gawande has written three previous books, memoirs of becoming a surgeon and about […]
Katrina Spade, a young Seattle architect, has proposed a new form of natural burial, composting. She was inspired by the use of ‘nurse’ logs in the forest which provide habitat […]
The concept of promession (an environmentally friendly way to dispose of waste) was developed by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, who derived the name from Italian word for “promise” (promessa). She […]
First, take some simple steps before you leave home. Leave a copy of your passport at home. Pack your reduced-size documents, a note stating what you want done with your […]
The meeting was called to order by President Bill McCullam at 2:05 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland. Printed copies of the minutes were made available to members. […]
With the exception of a few years off for good behavior, Linda Betzer has spent the last 29 years serving on the Board of the Cleveland Memorial Society—four years as […]
Although I have been practicing law for over a decade, my background is in the field of communications including an undergraduate degree in telecommunications. During my junior year at Bowling […]
If you haven’t visited our web site since February, we encourage you to take a look at http://www.clevememorialsociety.org. The web site name (URL) is the same, but the content is […]
It seems there are two types of death – sudden or slow. We Memorial Society members should have filled out our paperwork, discussed our wishes with our loved ones and […]
Regulations in the US prohibit the recycling of implanted medical devices after their owners die, but Frank Swain on the BBC reports that there’s “a growing trend to recover them […]
Those of you who attended our 2012 Annual Meeting will remember that one of our featured speakers was Sara Starr of the Foxfield Preserve in Wilmot, Ohio. At that time, […]
By this time I hope all of you will have had a chance to visit our new website. If you do not have computer access, please do go to your […]